Tilting headlight for automobiles



March 2 1926.

1,575,412 P. R. COLLIER TILTING HEADLIGHT FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed sept. 5,192: 2 sheets-sheet' 1 liv 61H91: 144.2185 v l March 2 1926.

1,575,412 P. R. COLLIER TILTING HEADLIGHT FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Sept. 5.1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mai. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES- PAUL n. COLLIER, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

liILTINe HEADLIGHT non AUTOMOBILES.

, Application filed September To all whom if may concern Be it knownthat I, PAUL R. COLLIER, a citizen of the United States, residing in thecity and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Tilting Headlight for Automobiles, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention consists of ar novel construe# tion of tilting headlightsfor automobiles and novel actuating mechanism therefor, which is simplevin construction, ethcient in operation, and is not liable to get out oforder, after installation and during use.

To the above ends my invention consists of a novel construction oftilting headlight mechanism, wherein I employ a front, hori zontallydisposed rod or shaft which is secured to the headlights in such awaythat such rod and headlights rock or are actuated as a unit, saidheadlight rod having apend` ant arm which is connected to an arm mountedon a horizontally disposed'shaft positioned in the rear of the radiator,said latter shaft having connections leading to the instrument board orother desired part of the automobile, and being further provided with anovel tension or yadjusting device whereby the position of the lamps andother coacting elements can be readily determined and adjusted.

It further consists of a novel construe` tion of a headlight actuatingmechanism ofv the character aforesaid, which can be readily installed inplace with respect to any Y automobile radiator of any standard orconventional type. l

It further consists of other novel features of construction andadvantage all as will'bo hereinafter fully set forth, and particularlypointed out in the claim. i

For the purpose of illustrating my inven` tion, I have shown in theaccompanying drawings a typical embodiment thereof which is at presentpreferred by me, since this embodiment will be found in practice to givesatisfactory and reliable results. It is, however, to be understood thatthe various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can bevariously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited tothe precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities asherein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents an elevation, of the front of an automobileradiator, embodying my invention showing in section the side 5, 1923.Serial No. 660,994.

frames to which my invention is applica-V ble. f

lFigure 2 represents a side elevation of my invention, certain partsbeing broken away for clearness of illustration.

Figure 3 represents a rear View of a radiator having `myinventionadapted thereto, the side frames being shown in section, thesection being taken on line 3 9, Figure 2.

Figure a represents on an enlarged scale,

a side elevation of one headlight, showing.

certain parts broken away to show the mounting thereof.

Figure 5 represents a. front elevation of the right hand headlight,viewed from the front of the car, showing themanner of attaching itsshaft and the manner `.of supporting the headlight from its side frame.

Figure G represents on an enlarged scale, an end view of the tensiondevices for the operating mechanism, seen` at the left of Figure `3.

Figuref' represents a front view of the headlight rod or shaft togetherwith its actuating arm. I

Figure 8 represents on an enlarged scale a sectional view of theinstrument board, showing the 'operating mechanism, whereby the operatoractuates the headlights and locks the same in the desired position.

Figure 9 represents a perspective, diagrammaticy view, showing theconnections common to the headlights, the rear shaft, and the manuallyoperated lever therefor.

Similar numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts.

1 designates the radiator, Q vthe framev or side channels, 3 theinstrument board, 4 thc '.lamps, and 5 the. forked supportmg brackets.rdesignates a horizontallyV disposed front shaft, 7 designates a tiltingarm attached thereto having the head 26 provided with a set screw 22, 8designates bearings for the headlight supports. 9 designates a handlever having the ratchet teeth 20 in its under side, which engage theface plate 23, said hand lever being connected to the forwardlyextending hand rod 10. 1p1 designates the link or lamp rod, and 12 aradiator bracket having the bearings 13 thereon, seo Figures 3 and (i.14C designates a spring crank and 15 the rear tilt arm, the manner ofcollocating the members 10, 11, 1li and 15 being apparent from Figures 6and 9. 16 designates a sp1-.ing through which the push vrod 17 passes,the upper end of the latter iii) passing through the arm 24, andcarrying the adjusting nuts .19. The top of the spring 16 abuts againstthe under side of the arm t and its lower end abuts on the plate 25supported on the adjusting nuts 18, carried by the push rod 17, whereby.the 4tension of said spring 16 can be adjusted according torequirements.

21 designates a horizontally disposed shaft in the lrear of ltheradiator 1 having its `ends mounted in the bearings 13.

.It will be seen from :the vforegoing .that when'the hand lever .9,which passes through the instrument board, is pulled towards theoperator, so that a notch 2,0 interloclrs with-the face 'plate 2 3, thata ,pull is exerted on Vthe rod 10, which rocks the crank '114 which isfast on the shaft 21m the rear -of the radiator, thereby rocking saidshaft, and

1 raising the rod 17., which `,carries the spring 16. Simultaneouslyzthe rod v15, whose upper end is fast to the shaft 21 is vpulled backWardty, whereby a backward pull is l.exerted on the lamp lrod 1'1,whoseforward A.end yis attached 'to 'the arm 7, which is secured 'fastto the front shaft 6, by the :set .screw 23 which causes the lamps 4 itetilt the .lights below the heriiontal or .toassume -such 4intermediateportionsas maybe desired, accord ing tothe positionfof the handle `lever9.and when the latter is released, the tension .of the spring. 16restores all the parts toinorrnal position.` It will be'noted that :both`the lamps or headlights et are secured directly to the front shaft 6,which Iis mounted in the 'bea Iings 8, so that said shaftfand lamps rockas -a unit. The nuts19 best `seen infFigure 6 can be adjusted up or down"on the upper threaded end .orf the rod '17, thus :lime iting vthemaximum height of the lam-ps, while the lower nuts 1S adjusttheitension'of the spring 16. it will be notedfthatthearm may be secured atany `desirecl `point on the rear shaft 21 and can .be made fast ithereonby a set screw of the character seen in frames lor chassis, as isevident. While I have shown the lever 9 as manually operated and mountedupon the instrument board, it will be apparent, that it can be footoperated if desired.

It will .nowrbe .apparent that I have devised a novel and useful tiltingheadlight forautomobiles which embodies the features 0f advantageenumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and theabove-description, and while I have, in the present instance, :shown.and described a preferred embodimentthereof which will give inpractieesatisfaetory'and y.reliable results, it is to be understood thatthe saine is susceptible of modification ,in various particulars withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention `or :sacrificing anyof its' advantages.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim and desire to-secure ybyLetters Patent is:

The eombination of automobile side channel-s, ka radiator supported withrespect thereto, a pair of headlights, forked supports 'for said'head-lights kcarried tby said side channels, a-shaft for saidheadlights arranged infront of said radiator and having its endsdirectly connected thereto, vso that thev latter and s aid shaftfunction as a unit, bearings 80 for said front headlight shaft, apendant arm attachedto'saidheadlight shaft, a rear shaft yiaitatablymounted upon the rear `of said radiator, a pendant arm connected ltosaid rear shaft, alink common .to said arms and passing through saidradiator, a hand# pu'll connection -cont-rolled by the operator forrocking said ;1-ea1-.a1id front shafts in unison to tilt said headlightsand tension devices for resetting said rear Lshaft and its adjuncts, anapertured instrument board, and ga vface -plate apertured yinregisterwith the instrument board .aperture and fixed to said board,lsaid .connection yhaving` ratchet teeth thereon to he inter-locked withvthe inner edgeof the aperture of said face plate, whereby the:headlights can be loclred in the various extreme and intermediatepositions they may assume.

PAU-L R. COLLIER.

